Kalinga Lancers 3-4 Soorma Hockey Club Highlights, HIL 2024-25: Harmanpreet Singh's SHC Clinch Victory After Late Drama

5' Thierry Brinkman (Kalin𒆙ga Lancers) scores to give Lancers the lead.

11' Jeremy Hayward (Soorma) converts a p🐼enalty corner to equalize.

15⛎' Sanjay (Kalinga Lancers) scores in the final second of the first quarter to rega꧂in the lead.

35' Nicolas del💞la Torre (Soorma) eq♔ualizes from a penalty corner.

50' Harmanpreet Singh (Soorma) scores a penalty c🔴orner to give Soorma the lead.

52' Harish (Soorma🧜) scores a scrappy goal to make it 4-3.

59' Vanasch saves a penalty-stroke from♑ Hen🥃drickx to maintain Soorma’s lead

What an exhilarating match! Soorma Hockey Club have emerged victorious with a hard-fough☂t 4-3 win over defending champions Kalinga Lancers at the Bir𝕴sa Munda Stadium.

After a dramatic show filled with numerous penalty corners, a penalty stroke, and a host of tense moments the Soorma held th𝕴eir nerve in the final stages, even after Kalinga Lancers had a chance to equalize to win their first match ♓of the season.

The drama continues as Kalinga Lancers are awarded a penalty stroke, but Vincent Vanasch steps up to sav🅰e Hendrickx's attempt, mai✱ntaining Soorma's lead.

The Lancers playing wit✱h 10 men after Dilpr🌌eet Singh's green card are fighting hard.

What a game! Soorma are back in the lead with Harish sc🉐oring! Phil Roper delivers a perfect 𒐪pass across the goal, and Harish makes a fantastic dive at the far post sending the ball in the net. Soorma take a 4-3 lead!

What a match! The 🔥Kalinga Lancers responds within a minute, equalising through Gursahibjit Singh!

GOAAAAL!! And this time it is none other than, Harmanpreet Singh who finds the back of ♛the net from a penalty-corner with a flawless drag-flick, putting Soorma ahead 3-2 in the final quarter!

Kalinga L🍎ancers have reclaimed the lead with a goal from Gursahibjit, who🧔 connected with a powerful pass from outside the circle and got just enough of a touch to direct the ball into the net.

NO! GOAL CANCELL𒁏ED! The umpire has overturned Gursahibjit's goal after a referral. It was confirmed that t🔯he ball did not make contact with Gursahibjit's stick, and the score remains level at 2-2.

Early in the second half, the Soorma Hockey Club have leveled the score at 2-2! Nicolas della Torre is the scorer, conver♏ting a well-executed penalty corner.

The Kalinga Lancers lead 2-1 at half𒆙-time in a h💧ard-fought first half.

Lancers took the lead early through Thierry Brinkman an𒆙d after Jeremy Hayward's equaliser they regained it with a brill🔯iant penalty corner flick by Sanjay just before the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter o꧟f the game has been a disciplined affair with no cards shown 𓆏so far.

Both teams have had their chances, with Kalinga Lancers continuin💃g to press forward.

Kalinga Lancers maintain the lead despite the Soorma's effo𝐆rts.

And there goes the L꧒ꦬancers again! Sanjay scores with a brilliant flick off the penalty corner to put Kalinga Lancers back in the lead ending the first quarter on a happy note.

Soorma Hockey Club have equalized!

Jeremy Hayward converts a penalty corner with a powerful and pr🐈ecise drag-flick that beat Kalinga Lancers' goalℱkeeper Krishnan Pathak in the 11th minute. It's now 1-1!

𝓰Vedanta Kali﷽nga Lancers take a 1-0 in the fifth minute lead as Thierry Brinkman scores!

The first five minutes of the game has been action-packed at the Birsa Munda Stadiumꦉ.

Vedanta Kalinga Lancers dominated early ꦜwith eight circle ꦗpenetrations but failed to capitalize.

Kalinga Lancers

Goalkeepers: ♊Sahil Kumar Nayak, Toby Re🌄ynolds-Cotterill, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.

Defenders: Sushil Dhanwar, Antoine Kina, Partap Lakra, Arthur Van Doren, Enrique Gonzalez, Rohit Kullu, Alexander Hendricxx, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay🌳.

Midfielders: Aran Zalewski (C), Rosan Kujur, Rabichandra Moirangthem, Nicholas Band🦄urak, Mukesh Toppo.

Forwards: Roshan Minz, Gursahibjit Singh, Angad Bir Singh, Deepak Pradhan, Thierry Brinkmann, 𒀰Dilpreet Singh, Boby Singh Dhami.

Soorma Hockey Club

Goalkeepers: Mohith HS, 💞Vincent Vanasch, Jashandeep Singh.

Defenders: Gurind𓄧er Singh, Ashu Maurya, Pradip Mandal, Nicolas Della Torre, Jerem🏅y Hayward, Sukhvinder, Harmanpreet Singh (C).

Midfielders: Vivek Sagar ♚Prasad, Ankush, Victor Wegnez, ♑Prabhjot Singh, Sunit Lakra, Harjeet Singh, Nicolas Poncelet.

Forwards: Nic൲ol🔥as Keenan, Boris Burkhardt, Harish Somappa Mutagar, Phil Roper, Pawan Rajbhar, Gurjant Singh, Maninder Singh.

The Kalinga Lancers Vs Soorma Hockey Club, Hockey India League match will be telecast live on DD Sports, Sony Sports 1, Sony Sports 3 and Sony Sports 4 TV channels in🌺 India. It will be live streamed on the Sony Liv app and website and the OTT app Waves in India.